- KL157 (Late Roman-Early Byzantine Asia Minor Lamp) [permalink]
- Type
- Inventoried Object
- Logical part of
- Inventoried Objects from the Greek-American Excavations at Koutsongila
- Typological identification
- Late Roman-Early Byzantine Asia Minor Lamp
- Description
- Circular, slightly concave to flat discus with double framing rings. Sloping to rounded shoulder has tight transverse grooves that diverge at base of nozzle to create triangular space, in which are three small raised dots off-axis. This type has plain discus and long, rounded nozzle without channel and with rim around wickhole.
- Fabric, firing, surface
- 2.5YR 7/6, light red. Hard, fine, micaceous fabric with common, small to medium, subrounded to angular, white (calcareous) and frequent, very small, rounded to subrounded, red inclusions. Unglazed. Ephesian?
- Preservation comment
- One small fragment preserves 33% of shoulder and small part of discus. Sparse abrasion; slight encrustation.
- Published as
- Rife2022d, pp. 902, 903, no. 487, fig. 19.56
- Estimated discus diameter
- 0.043
- Preserved length
- 0.047
- Preserved width
- 0.047
- Material
- Ceramic (Material)
- Photograph
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